How To Feel Feelings
by Alissa Rubinstein and great thing going
great thing going, Theatre Pool, July 2026 and Edinburgh Festival Fringe, August 2026
Five supporters of a fallen authoritarian regime are sentenced to group therapy to help them get in touch with their feelings and find out why they were, like… so into fascism. Cuz, weird, right? Like, we got the big baddies, no worries. But what about the rest of them? Like, all those, maybe, not-so-innocent bystanders? This semi-devised dark comedy proposes the perfect, ultimate, most supreme solution: therapize them into repenting.
“How To Feel Feelings‘ intricate costume design, and stripped-back but clear set design, are brilliant. The six-person ensemble are energetic and move together like a well-oiled machine. The moments of physical theatre and sections of abstract movement are powerful and compelling…a relevant and thought-provoking piece of work.” – BingeFringe
“The characters had a great depth and were well played, evoking a desperation which lured the audience into worrying about their fates and wondering what our own would be…There is a tangible tension in the air.” – BroadwayWorld
photos by Stella Fritz
Kinky Boots
music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper, book by Harvey Fierstein
Musical Theater Society Berlin, Ballhaus Prinzenallee , 21st-30th Nov. 2025
“Under Izzy Rousmaniere’s highly detailed direction—which focused on in-depth character development—two casts brought the individual characters to life in a way that was vivid, meticulously detailed, and deeply moving.” – Musicals in Deutschland (Translated from German)
photos by Niklas Schader
The World is Ending and Maybe That’s Kinda Hot
by Catherine Weingarten
great thing going, Neue Bühne Friedrichshain, July 2025
7 hot young people gather in a generic meadow in Italy to hang and tell stories and hit on each other. They are like all kinda freaked/not rly in the best space though cause they just escaped the Black Plague, like no big deal cause they’re safe now…or are they?? Each person tells the others a story and as they do, truths about girlhood and masculinity, love and lust come to light. This play asks, “Can it be kinda hot as the world ends?” while also reflecting on the power of storytelling in times of turmoil.
dress rehearsal photos by Stella Fritz
